Put an intake fan in the side panel (hoping it will blow onto the cards sufficiently).

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Playing with fan positions now, running at 95c load and that's a bit warm for my liking.
I was going to hold on to my 5970 but now I might sell it to help offset the cost of some waterblocks.
But then again a new board might be fun and a little cheaper.

Sapphire HD 7850 OC 2GB on it's way in the post to me, I figured that AMD's driver team are really starting to optimise the series and this focus on frame latency is a big thing to me. Will let you know how it goes

Sapphire HD 7850 OC 2GB on it's way in the post to me, I figured that AMD's driver team are really starting to optimise the series and this focus on frame latency is a big thing to me. Will let you know how it goes

Well, remember the Mass Benchmarking I wanted to do at the end of last year? Only 3 people filled in the spreadsheet with results so that is off the list for now. Although you are right, I will not organise anything else for now. If you have ideas for the thread, please let me know. I am still "all ears".

@Chevalr1c - Let's get everyone in this thread benchmarking, I find it really interesting to see how some GPUs scale in performance with different CPUs. I'd probably be at the lower end with mine but as long as I get a smooth experience from it I don't mind come tomorrow.

I have loads of different games and would be more than willing to have a mass benchmarking session for the benefits of this thread.

Well, remember the Mass Benchmarking I wanted to do at the end of last year? Only 3 people filled in the spreadsheet with results so that is off the list for now. Although you are right, I will not organise anything else for now. If you have ideas for the thread, please let me know. I am still "all ears".

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I meant to fill that in. I never got around to it. It had so many tests. Maybe something simpler. Maybe just 3dmark11.

None of that is really too useful. I wonder what we could do that could be helpful. I used OCN 7970 clubs graphs to compare the voltages used by others to get to 1300mhz. But covering 5000-8000 has a ton of cards.

@Chevalr1c - Let's get everyone in this thread benchmarking, I find it really interesting to see how some GPUs scale in performance with different CPUs. I'd probably be at the lower end with mine but as long as I get a smooth experience from it I don't mind come tomorrow.

I have loads of different games and would be more than willing to have a mass benchmarking session for the benefits of this thread.

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You can count me in for some friendly benchmarking
I have a few cards that qualify and also curious how cards scale with different cpu's

Crysis 3 is open beta, maybe everyone could load it up with FRAPS running and see who can pull the best FPS?? Just a suggestion to get things going.

I think for the benching, we should leave games out as some people may have them while others don't.
Maybe some 3dMark 11 and/or Vantage, Unigine Heaven, Catzilla, and for the lulz Aquamark 3? All are free.

I meant to fill that in. I never got around to it. It had so many tests. Maybe something simpler. Maybe just 3dmark11.

None of that is really too useful. I wonder what we could do that could be helpful. I used OCN 7970 clubs graphs to compare the voltages used by others to get to 1300mhz. But covering 5000-8000 has a ton of cards.

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Well, in a few months I might have nice things to do with this club, if I have got ideas and more time.

I think for the benching, we should leave games out as some people may have them while others don't.
Maybe some 3dMark 11 and/or Vantage, Unigine Heaven, Catzilla, and for the lulz Aquamark 3? All are free.

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Well, one of the complaints of people in the club that v1 of the Massmark was too much a pain-in-the-neck because the large amount of tests. I agree with you in terms of game-based benchmarks though.

Managed to find my 3D11 run from a while back.http://www.3dmark.com/3dm11/4629325
It was a little unstable, so I'm betting if I went back and ran it again with the same clock speeds and the new driver, I'd break 16k.